<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 1-2. - Rules of construction and definitions.</div>
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               In the construction of this Code, and of all ordinances and resolutions passed by
               the county board, the following definitions and rules shall be observed unless such
               construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the county board:
               
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               <span class="ital">Boards, committees, commissions, officers, employees, departments.</span> Any reference to county boards, committees, commissions, officers, employees, or
               departments shall be construed to mean the respective entities or personnel of Hyde
               County.
               
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               <span class="ital">Code.</span> The term "this Code" means the Code of Ordinances, Hyde County, as designated in<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH1GEPR_S1-1DECICO" class="section-link" data-product-id="14661"> section 1-1</a>.
               
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               <span class="ital">Computation of time.</span> Whenever a notice is required to be given or an act to be done a certain length of
               time before any proceeding shall be conducted, the day on which such notice is given
               or such act is done shall not be counted in computing the time, but the day on which
               such proceeding is to be done shall be counted unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or
               legal holiday.
               
               <p class="refstatelaw0" block_type="hang"><b>State Law referenceâ€” </b>
                  Computation of time, G.S. 1-593, 1a-1, Rule<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH6AV" class="section-link" data-product-id="14661"> 6</a>(a).
                  
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               <span class="ital">County.</span> The term "county" means the County of Hyde, North Carolina.
               
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               <span class="ital">Delegation of authority.</span> Whenever a section or provision appears to require the head of a department or some
               other county officer or employee to do some act or perform some duty, it shall be
               construed to authorize the head of the department or other officer or employee to
               designate, delegate and authorize subordinates to perform the required act or duty,
               unless the terms of the provision or section specify otherwise.
               
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               <span class="ital">Gender.</span> A word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to females
               and to firms, partnerships, associations and corporations, as well as to males.
               
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               <span class="ital">G.S.</span> The initials "G.S." appearing in the text or in the state law references or other
               notes refer to the General Statutes of North Carolina, as amended.
               
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               <span class="ital">Highway.</span> The term "highway" includes any street, alley, highway, avenue, public place or square,
               bridge, viaduct, tunnel, underpass, overpass and causeway in the city, dedicated or
               devoted to public use.
               
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               <span class="ital">Joint authority.</span> Words purporting to give authority to three or more officers or other persons shall
               be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons,
               unless it is otherwise declared.
               
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               <span class="ital">Month.</span> The term "month" means a calendar month.
               
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               <span class="ital">N.C. Admin. Code, (NCAC).</span> The term "N.C. Admin. Code" or "NCAC" refers to the North Carolina Administrative
               Code.
               
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               <span class="ital">Number.</span> Any word importing the singular number includes the plural, and any word importing
               the plural number includes the singular.
               
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               <span class="ital">Oath.</span> The term "oath" includes an affirmation in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation
               may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the terms "swear" and "sworn" shall
               be equivalent to the terms "affirm" and "affirmed."
               
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               <span class="ital">Or, and.</span> The term "or" may be read "and," and the term "and" may be read "or" if the sense
               requires it.
               
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               <span class="ital">Owner.</span> The term "owner," as applied to a building or land, includes any part owner, joint
               owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant, or tenant by the entirety
               of the whole or part of such building or land.
               
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               <span class="ital">Person.</span> The term "person" extends to and be applied to associations, corporations, firms,
               partnerships and bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals.
               
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               <span class="ital">Preceding, following.</span> The terms "preceding" and "following" mean next before and next after, respectively.
               
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               <span class="ital">Shall, may.</span> The term "shall" always means mandatory and never means permissive. The term "may"
               is permissive.
               
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               <span class="ital">Sidewalk.</span> The term "sidewalk" means any portion of the street between the curb, or the lateral
               link of the roadway and adjacent property line, intended for use by pedestrians.
               
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               <span class="ital">Signature, subscription.</span> These terms includes a mark when a person cannot write.
               
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               <span class="ital">State.</span> The term "state" means the State of North Carolina.
               
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               <span class="ital">Street.</span> The term "street" means the entire width between property or right-of-way lines of
               every way or place of whatever nature, when any part thereof is open to the use of
               the public as a matter of right for the purposes of vehicular traffic. The terms "highway"
               and "street" shall be used synonymously.
               
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               <span class="ital">Tenant, occupant.</span> The terms "tenant" and "occupant," applied to a building or land, include any person
               who occupies the whole or part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
               
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               <span class="ital">Tense.</span> The present tense includes the future tense and the future tense includes the present
               tense.
               
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               <span class="ital">Written; in writing.</span> The terms "written" and "in writing" shall be construed to include any representation
               of words, letters or figures, whether by printing or otherwise.
               
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               <span class="ital">Year.</span> The term "year" means a calendar year.
               
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